| 15:1 | We then who are strong ought to bear with the scruples of the weak, and not to please ourselves. |
| 15:2 | Let each of us please [his] neighbor for [his] good, leading to edification. |
| 15:3 | For even Christ did not please Himself; but as it is written, "The reproaches of those who reproached You fell on Me." |
| 15:4 | For whatever things were written before were written for our learning, that we through the patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope. |
| 15:5 | Now may the God of patience and comfort grant you to be likeminded toward one another, according to Christ Jesus, |
| 15:6 | that you may with one mind [and] one mouth glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. |
| 15:7 | Therefore receive one another, just as Christ also received us, to the glory of God. |
| 15:8 | Now I say that Jesus Christ has become a servant to the circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises [made] to the fathers, |
| 15:9 | and that the Gentiles might glorify God for [His] mercy, as it is written: "For this reason I will confess to You among the Gentiles, And sing to Your name." |
| 15:10 | And again he says: "Rejoice, O Gentiles, with His people!" |
| 15:11 | And again: "Praise the LORD, all you Gentiles! Laud Him, all you peoples!" |
| 15:12 | And again, Isaiah says: "There shall be a root of Jesse; And He who shall rise to reign over the Gentiles, In Him the Gentiles shall hope." |
| 15:13 | Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. |
| 15:14 | Now I myself am confident concerning you, my brethren, that you also are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish one another. |
| 15:15 | Nevertheless, brethren, I have written more boldly to you on [some] points, as reminding you, because of the grace given to me by God, |
| 15:16 | that I might be a minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the offering of the Gentiles might be acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit. |
| 15:17 | Therefore I have reason to glory in Christ Jesus in the things [which pertain] to God. |
| 15:18 | For I will not dare to speak of any of those things which Christ has not accomplished through me, in word and deed, to make the Gentiles obedient |
| 15:19 | in mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God, so that from Jerusalem and round about to Illyricum I have fully preached the gospel of Christ. |
| 15:20 | And so I have made it my aim to preach the gospel, not where Christ was named, lest I should build on another man's foundation, |
| 15:21 | but as it is written: "To whom He was not announced, they shall see; And those who have not heard shall understand." |
| 15:22 | For this reason I also have been much hindered from coming to you. |
| 15:23 | But now no longer having a place in these parts, and having a great desire these many years to come to you, |
| 15:24 | whenever I journey to Spain, I shall come to you. For I hope to see you on my journey, and to be helped on my way there by you, if first I may enjoy your [company] for a while. |
| 15:25 | But now I am going to Jerusalem to minister to the saints. |
| 15:26 | For it pleased those from Macedonia and Achaia to make a certain contribution for the poor among the saints who are in Jerusalem. |
| 15:27 | It pleased them indeed, and they are their debtors. For if the Gentiles have been partakers of their spiritual things, their duty is also to minister to them in material things. |
| 15:28 | Therefore, when I have performed this and have sealed to them this fruit, I shall go by way of you to Spain. |
| 15:29 | But I know that when I come to you, I shall come in the fullness of the blessing of the gospel of Christ. |
| 15:30 | Now I beg you, brethren, through the Lord Jesus Christ, and through the love of the Spirit, that you strive together with me in prayers to God for me, |
| 15:31 | that I may be delivered from those in Judea who do not believe, and that my service for Jerusalem may be acceptable to the saints, |
| 15:32 | that I may come to you with joy by the will of God, and may be refreshed together with you. |
| 15:33 | Now the God of peace [be] with you all. Amen. |
Romans 15 - New King James Version
